KATHMANDU, April 14: One child died and eight people sustained injuries in a mini-truck accident in Nilkantha Municipality-5, Daune, Dhading, today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Tremors of an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale with its epicenter in Dhading were felt at 8:23 AM today in the Kathmandu Valley and its adjoining areas.

MALEKHU (DHADING), Nov 3: The remote settlement of Dhading district, Tipling, has been connected to the motorway. The motorway has connected Tipling, which is located in Ruby Valley Rural Municipality-1 and 2, from Dhading Besi.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: A series of aftershocks originating from Dhading have been reported, following an initial 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck at 7:39AM. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center has recorded three aftershocks with a magnitude greater than 4.

DHADING, Oct 22: This morning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the Khari Village Development Committee of Dhading, leading to the destruction of 20 houses and causing damage to 75 additional houses in Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality-5, Kumaltari.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: Badrinath Gaire, the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Dhading, has said that there have been reports of landslides and fallen trees in the wake of the earthquake this morning.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: On Sunday morning at 7:39 AM, a seismic event of 6.1 magnitude occurred with its epicenter located in Dhading, as reported by seismologist Mukunda Bhattarai.

MALEKHU (DHADING), Oct 15: One person was killed and five others were injured in a jeep accident that occurred today at Gumdi of Gangajamuna Rural Municipality-4 in Dhading.

Kathmandu, Aug 23: At least eight people have been confirmed dead in a bus accident in Dhading on Wednesday.

Dhading, Aug 23: Eight people are confirmed dead in a bus accident in Dhading today. The bus (Province 3-01-005 Kha 9952), heading to Beni of Myagdi district from Kathmandu, skidded off the road and plunged into the Trishuli River killing at least eight people and injuring over a dozen others. The deceased included a child and two women, said the local people, who were voluntarily involved in rescue efforts.

KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his condolences over the death of eight passengers in a bus (3-01-005 Kha 9952) accident in Dhading district today. A bus going to Pokhara from Kathmandu fell into the Trishuli River at Chalise, Fajuri-2 of Dhading district today at around 11 AM.

MALEKHU, Aug 19: A total of 26 passengers were injured in a passenger bus accident near Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-9, Hugdikhola under Prithvi highway.

MALEKHU, Aug 5: Conjunctivitis has spread in Dhading district lately. More than 70 persons with eye infection visit District Community Eye Centre on a daily basis.

KATHMANDU, June 23: A passenger bus traveling from Kathmandu to Rajasthan, India, has met with an accident in Galchhi, Dhading. District Police Office, Dhading, stated that some passengers were injured in the accident and the condition of one of them is critical.

DHADING, May 11: A customer who came to have lunch has been stabbed to death at a hotel in Nibuwa Bote area in Dhading.

DHADING, Oct 1: Two people were killed in a mini truck accident near Nilkantha Municipality-10 Golabhanjayang in Dhading on Saturday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, August 28: A cargo truck carrying edible oil met with an accident in Gajuri Rural Municipality-6, Jarekhet of Dhading under Prithviraj Highway on Sunday morning.

DHADING, August 15: After a landslide damaged some electricity poles, the electricity supply to Dhading Besi has been cut off. On Sunday morning, After the landslide damaged the poles and wires in the transmission line segment of Tarukaghat-Dhadingbesi 33 kV from Devighat station on Sunday, electricity service was interrupted.

DHADING, July 19: Police have arrested two people, who allegedly collected money from businessmen in Ganga Jamuna Rural Municipality in the northern part of Dhading claiming themselves to be employees of the Inland Revenue Office.

DHADING, July 1: At least 41 people including the bus driver were injured in a bus accident near Chiraudi Bridge in Galchhi Rural Municipality-4 of Dhading along the Prithvi Highway.

DHADING, June 19: As the country is grappling with the crisis of chemical fertilizer across the country, farmers on Saturday seized two trucks of urea fertilizer at Dharke of Dhunibensi Municipality-6 in the district. The fertilizer is said to have been imported from the Indian market by evading customs revenue.

DHANDING, June 10: One person has gone missing after a landslide buried his house in Ghimire village in Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-5 in Dhading district. According to a local Ram Prasad Ghimire, 55-years old Netra Prasad from Ghimire village has gone missing after the landslide buried his house.

DHADING, May 17: A candidate for ward member of Nilkantha Municipality-7 was killed when a truck and a motorcycle collided near Daregouda of Sasah in Nilkantha Municipality-8 of Dhading district.

DHADING, April 6: Chairperson of Khaniyabas Rural Municipality, Rana Bahadur Tamang, has been assaulted at Bachchhala.

DHADING, Jan 13: Three people are missing in a landslide near Puru of Tipling, Ward 1 in Rubi Valley Rural Municipality of the district since last night. An excavator has also been buried by the landslide that occurred while constructing a road from Labdung to Lingjo.

DHADING, Sept 8: The dead body of a boy has been found at Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-10, in Dhading. The boy has been identified to be 12-year-old Suraj Chepang.

DHADING, August 30: Two men have died after they got electric shock in Gajuri Rural Municipality-5  in Dhading district.

DHADING, July 4: The Narayangarh-Mugling road section has been blocked again due to continuous landslides in the area.

DHADING, July 3: A landslide in the Jawang Khola section of the Prithvi Highway of Rorang Rural Municipality-10 of Dhading buried five vehicles, killing two people on Saturday morning. Six others were injured in the incident.

DHADING, May 26: The second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection is increasing day by day. An isolation ward has been established for journalists in Dhading district with support from Shanti Nepal, following the spread of the contagious disease among the frontline workers.

DHADING, Feb 11: Two persons including a doctor died after a truck and motorcycle were involved in a head-on collision at Khanikhola of Dhunibensi in Dhading district today.

The injured are receiving treatment at Trauma Center in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: An Armed Police Force (APF) team deployed from the Armed Police Force, Nepal Highway Security Post in Adamghat has arrested a man with about 50 kg of hashish. The APF team arrested Deepak Magar, 34, of Galchi Rural Municipality-8 in Dhading district Saturday night.

DHADING, Oct 6: Three people died in two separate road accidents in Dhading on Tuesday.

DHADING, Sept 28: A man has been arrested on the charge of raping his own daughter.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: A 26-year-old man has surrendered to the police after murdering a 63-year-old man in Dhading.

‘Huge traffic, narrow roads and haphazard driving are major factors causing accidents’

DHADING, Aug 4 : There are dozens of crusher factories along the bank of the Trishuli river. Even the smaller rivers around are not devoid of such factories that operate almost round the clock. According to locals, collection of sand and stones from rivers did not stop even during the period of lockdown. Instead, ‘these illegal activities’ went rampant and this is sure to trigger serious environmental hazards in the long run.

Bridge connecting Dhading and Chitwan collapses

DHADING, April 14: A man from Dhading tested positive for coronavirus during the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD), on Tuesday.

DHADING, Feb 14: A person has died when an Indian truck hit a scooter nearby Charaudi bridge at Benighat Rorang rural municipality-5 in the district on Friday morning.

DHADING, Feb 13: Three persons were killed in two separate road accidents that happened in Gajuri and Benighat Rorang of Dhading district, the police said.

GORKHA, Feb 13: The national pride project, Budhigandaki Hydropower Project, has distributed a total of Rs 28.18 billion to acquire private land. According to the project officials, the amount for the acquisition of 45,777 ropani of land in Gorkha and Dhading districts belonging to 21,159 households has been released.

DHADING, Jan 22: Seven people were killed and 11 others sustained injuries when a truck heading toward Dhadingbesi from Dhola Mandali Temple in Dhading district met with an accident at Nilkantha Municipality -8 on Tuesday.

REPUBLICA, Jan 19: Two youths were held with hashish from Naghdhunga on Wednesday. A team of police from the Metropolitan Police Sector, Naghdhunga, seized 1.15-kilogram of hashish from Phuwa Sherpa, 23, and Jip Tshering Sherpa, 22.

DHADING, Jan 18: On Friday, it was the rice feeding ceremony of the six-month old youngest son of Binaya Lamichhane and Jamuna Regmi Lamichhane. The Lamichhane couple - locals of Thankot, Chandragiri Municipality of Kathmandu - had another son, aged two. The two children are missing after the couple attempted suicide along with them on Thursday evening by diving into the Trishuli River at Benighat area of Dhading district. While Jamuna's dead body has been recovered, Binaya was saved by the locals.

DHADING, Jan 9: Construction materials are left scattered around the premises. The building has been raised to three floors for now while the wall of the ground floor is covered with algae. This is the condition of the building of Nepal Telecom (NT) in Shanti Bazaar of Dhading which began construction six years ago.

DHADING, Dec 3: Compensation amount for land to be acquired in Dhading and Gorkha districts for Budhigandaki Hydropower Project have been determined.

GORKHA, Nov 22: Locals and elected representatives staged protests in front of the Dhading and Gorkha district administration offices (DAOs) on Thursday, demanding that the compensation for the land to be acquired for the construction of the Budhigandadki Hydropower Project be determined at the earliest.

DHADING, Nov 3: Farmers in Dhading district, after suffering losses in poultry, have turned to quail (battai) farming. They find it easier to rear quail for both eggs and meat, and they are relieved from selling to the middleman.